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United States Patent | 6,128,647 |
Haury | October 3, 2000 |
The system provides remote program execution, data transport, message communication, status communication and relocation of computer resources by using an arbiter associated with each computer. An originating arbiter of a process resource sends messages between arbiters that are received by each arbiter and then sent to a destination arbiter, if required. If necessary, the message may be retransmitted by intermediate arbiters and eventually received by the destination arbiter which interpret, and executes the message. As a result, the arbiters provide actual communication between the resources. Each arbiter may be resident in each of a plurality of computers which are part of a network linked by a network. Each arbiter independently reviews and processes the messages so that the computers communicate directly with each other on a peer to peer basis without the need for a master controlling program or other gateway for controlling and processing the messages as the messages are transmitted between computers.
Inventors: | Haury; Harry R. (801 Millfield Ct., Chesterfield, MO 63017) |
Appl. No.: | 832787 |
Filed: | April 4, 1997 |
Current U.S. Class: | 709/207; 709/201; 709/206; 718/103 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 015/16 |
Field of Search: | 395/200.31,200.47,200.53,200.34,200.36 709/201,202,204,205,206,207,230,238,243,246,248,103,104 |
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